Flag display device



S. WARZOHA FLAG DISPLAY DEVICE May 5, 1931.

Filed Oct. 16, 1930 gwoentoo Stephen u arzafia;

Patented May 5, 1931 UNIT ; r'rs 1' OFFICE FLAG- DISPLAY DEVICEApplication filed October 16, 1930. Serial No. 489,143.

This invention relates to improvements in means for displaying flags.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a meanswhereby a flag 5 may be encased so that it will be protected from theelements, while at the same time being clearly exposed to view so thatit will appear as being an unenclosed flag standing out in the breezefrom the support to which 1 it is attached.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved means formaintaining the various parts of the present structure in assembledrelation and for attaching the same i to a supporting staff whereby theflag will be permitted to rotate freely thereabout under the control ofthe breeze.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming part of this specification, with the understanding,however, that the invention is not confined to any I strict conformitywith the showing of the drawings but may be changed or modified so longas such changes or modifications mark no material departure from thesalient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure l is a view in side elevation of the deviceembodying the present invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure l.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein like numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, thenumeral 1 indicates a staff upon which the present flag is shown asbeing mounted, the flag and the casing structure therefor beingindicated generally by the numeral 2.

The casing in which the flag is mounted comprises a pair of sheets 3 ofa transparent material such, for example, as celluloid. These sheets maybe pressed into any desired shape as, for example, they may be given awavy formation so that in the completed structure the flag appearingtherethrough will have the appearance of Waving. The body of the flag isindicated by the numeral 4 and, as shown, this is tightly compressedbetween the transparent sheets 3 which are i of the same dimensions asthe flag.

The transparent sheets 3 are held together by an edging strip 5 which isof metal, preferably of aluminum. This strip, as shown, is substantiallyU-shaped in cross-sectional design so that the edges of the sheet and ofthe flag therebetween will be covered and also a portion of the outerface of each sheet adjacent its edges.

At the rear portion of the flag encasing frame structure the upper andlower longitudinal edges of the binding or edging'material 5 hasattached thereto the swivel straps 6, each of which surrounds the staff1 in the manner shown and. is suitably held against movement downwardlythereon, as indicated at 7, so that the flag and the transparent framein which it is encased may swing freely about the staff under theinfluence of the breeze.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that by thepresent invention I provide a means-whereby a flag may be displayed outof doors and allowed to remain without suffering damage from theelements. At the same time, it may be clearly seen from all sides anddue to the formation of the frame in which it is encased and the factthat it is mounted to swing with the breeze it will always have theappearance of waving.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising an elongatedlongitudinally undulated casing designed to conform in contour to a flagand adapted to have a flag compressed between side walls thereof, saidside walls being of a transparent material, a supporting staff, andmeans for attaching the casing to said staff.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a casing havingtransparent side walls, said side walls being of the general contour ofa flag and adapted to have the same compressed therebetween, an edgingor a flag compressed therebetween, a metal bincL ing surrounding theedges of said sheets, a supporting stafl, and swivel straps carried bysaid binding at one end of the device and engaging about said stafi forswingingly attaching the device thereto.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

STEPHEN WARZOHA.

